Jeffrey O'Neill
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It's always been a bit of a bugbear for me that PE is so over priced when compared to what you really get. If you're on a QF 747 in PE then you're getting roughly 33% more "personal" space, though the airline is potentially loosing about 50% when compared to Y seating.
So in the space of 36 PE seats they could get 54 Y, with the potential for being creative that figure might increase. On the A380 the economics move even more to QF where they could only fit 48 Y where they get 35 PE or just 37% less seats.
I could understand since the word premium is used that they might double the cost, but quite often it's more like 2.5 to 3 times the cost of Y fares.
I know they're probably worried about killing off the J market, but surely an always full PE cabin, even if enlarged, would have to pay off?
I've noticed VA has significantly dropped their PE pricing back to around the 2K mark to LAX. I'd be quite happy to pay that - I did back in 2009 - as it's roughly twice a Y fare and was far more pleasant experience than when I've done the same journey in Y.
has QF, and other airlines with PE, just been too greedy? I'll be very interested to see what kind of pricing SQ introduce with their PE product next year.
So in the space of 36 PE seats they could get 54 Y, with the potential for being creative that figure might increase. On the A380 the economics move even more to QF where they could only fit 48 Y where they get 35 PE or just 37% less seats.
I could understand since the word premium is used that they might double the cost, but quite often it's more like 2.5 to 3 times the cost of Y fares.
I know they're probably worried about killing off the J market, but surely an always full PE cabin, even if enlarged, would have to pay off?
I've noticed VA has significantly dropped their PE pricing back to around the 2K mark to LAX. I'd be quite happy to pay that - I did back in 2009 - as it's roughly twice a Y fare and was far more pleasant experience than when I've done the same journey in Y.
has QF, and other airlines with PE, just been too greedy? I'll be very interested to see what kind of pricing SQ introduce with their PE product next year.